Seventy lawyers across the country are facing disciplinary proceedings for committing deviant acts such as swindling and active corruption associated with illicit collections during the course of their work.

This information was given on Wednesday in the city of Lichinga, Niassa province, during a lecture on professional ethics and deontology.

The president of the Jurisdictional Council, Ermenegildo Guilaze, called on professionals to distance themselves from acts that constitute infringements when providing services to citizens.

Cited by Radio MozambiqueHe said that the Mozambican Bar Association (OAM) had been sanctioning infringements.

The Secretary of State in Niassa, Lina Portugal, had high expectations of the event, hoping that it would serve to quell the frequent complaints from the population about the poor performance of lawyers.

"We hope that the event will be able to present technical-legal discussions around the responsibilities of lawyers towards the community and their constituents, given that the population is complaining about the lack and/or poor quality of legal assistance," he said.

The event was held as part of the OAM's 30th anniversary celebrations.